Stroke are one of the most common diseases and will affects thousands of people annually. When it comes to nursing care of strokepatients the nurse has a central role and it’s important that nursing care effort given to strokepatients is individually adapted to each patient. There are differences between female and male strokepatients that should be taken into consideration when it comes to the work of rehabilitation. Today more and more strokepatients are getting treatment at hospital stroke units. A stroke unit is a close care unit that takes care of stroke survivors with a special nursing care. The special nursing care is performed by a multidisciplinary team. The aim of this study was to investigate the nurse’s role in stroke care and the stroke units’ impact on nursing. Does the nurse follow an individual nursing care and are there any gender thoughts? To investigate these topics a literature study was set up based on reports from both qualitative and quantitative research. The result of this study shows that the role of nursing is to provide nursing care, promote recovery of the patient and to act as a coordinator. It is favorable to perform individual nursing, but it is not always practiced on a clinically basis. In the role of nurse she or he acts from a gender-neutral perspective. Patients receiving care from a stroke unit will significant reduce the risks of dying in five years by 40 percent. Independence, socializing and contact with relatives are more common in stroke units than on other general care units. The nurse holds a very important role when taking strokepatients into care. Nurse’s ability to observe, support, motivate and coordinate are all important qualities to the patient during recovery from stroke.